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Wow, I'm somewhere in the middle of all this. You just can't shut down the world. The only way that would work is to stay shut down until the virus is gone! How long will that take? It's just not realistic. I don't understand what more testing will do. I can be negative today and 3 days later test positive. You would have to test everyone every day to isolate the virus. Is that realistic? We have to make up our own minds as to how we want to live with this thing. Some will choose to stay inside and some will choose to take the risk. It's called freedom of choice. It's being taken away from us right now. I will look up that book. I'm sure it is an interesting read, But 1918 didn't have our advanced technology. I Guess I am leaning more toward PB's assessment- I will leave it at that.

What rinks are you looking at? Looks like everything is still closed as far as I can see. No rinks till green phase. My opinion Wolf is going to start really feeling the heat. I think the western part of the state will be green by the end of May. No facts just opinion. Then rinks up and running in the middle of June and Tryouts in July. Just my best guess. It will still be a risk and some people might decide hockey is not worth the risk.

Very interesting. Thanks

How long does it take to freeze another sheet of ice?

I know I have seen that report before on the PIHL site. I can't find it now. Can you tell me where to access it. Thanks

Does anyone no how the PAHL teams get picked?

Travel champs.com site is really bad. they don't even list the dates for the tournament. Must be one of those PAHL "secrets" as to how teams get selected for the tournament.

Renegades talent was diluted by the Vengeance adding teams this year. It will be interesting to see what direction they will take next year.

So in looking at the PAHL calender it appears that there are no appeals for the Squirt placements. Does anyone know if the placements are posted anywhere?

Anyone have the final placements for Squirt 19-20. Scheduling this weekend. Thanks

Which Esmark team are you talking about?

I think what you are talking about is player development. It really depends on the player. If they love it and want to skate more go for it. Just don't burn them out. There are some nice clinics over the Christmas break that keeps the kids skating and hopefully teaches them something. Preparing for next years tryouts should not be the goal. Getting better while enjoying hockey should be the goal.

Mitch, You guys do a great job of covering the local Hockey scene. I just came across you guys last year. The PIHL & PAHL should give you guys a banner on their websites to promote Western Pa Hockey. Under the PIHL site for headlines it should direct to you instead of the nothing it leads to now. Anyway keep up the good work.

Wow, I guess I didn't realize how bad youth hockey has become! Parents that far out of control? How do you guys feel about myhockey rankings? I read an article about how it came to be and that it's intention is to be able to group teams properly for out of town tournaments! I am new to all this and must be naive because I did not see the down side to transparency. I have no doubt that the stories told here are true. I do understand that there are no boundaries and kids can try out anywhere which I'm sure leads to competition among organizations for players. I guess I am kind of a stats geek. That's why I like the myhockey rankings. I like to see who the best teams in Western Pa are. What organizations seem to be doing the best and also how big the organizations are. I also like to listen to you all give your perspectives as to what is good and what is bad about Western Pa hockey.

The lack of information from the PIHL and PAHL is unbelievable. I should also add the same for probably 80 percent of the organizations in the PAHL. I don't understand why the PAHL hides all of the game info. They have the capability to give the kids recognition but choose to hide it all. At least the PIHL shows game stats and rosters.

So Bethel Park won the tournament. Any body care to comment on the games. Are BP & CM for real? Looked like CM played close games in almost every round. I was a bit surprised by Central Catholic. Thought they would do better. All in all it seemed like a pretty good group of teams.

I'm just curious to know if you stand by the statement above? Obviously they are not the worst team in AAA. Your exact words "every kid on the ice!" When they beat a team in the top 100 will you then apologize to these kids? Or will you justify your pathetic rant some other way? I have absolutely no ties to the Predators other than getting annoyed by you bashing them. Why are you so bitter toward them? Not that they care but what would they have to do to make you happy?

I think whome87 needs to come back here and apologize to the entire Preds U15 team. His OP was pretty scathing to say the least.

Don't you have to tryout to play Juniors in Canada? So how many actual AAA players are there in Pittsburgh? Who has the final word as to what makes a AAA Hockey player. I don't understand all of the animosity toward AAA in Pittsburgh.

Is this a fact or just your opinion?

No problems, I'm just a fan and like to look at results and tournaments to see how everyone is doing. I wonder if there will be any way to find the results for the tournament.

Where would I go to find information about the Franklin Regional JV/MS tournament? I checked a few sites and found nothing. Must be a pretty well kept secret! Also why is there a lack of any current news on the PIHL site. Last year they had some nice news articles. Seems that no one is doing any promotion of HS hockey except Hockey Digest and they don't even have an article about the St. Margarets Tournament.

Any idea as to when the schedules will be out? Last year they were out August 22nd. The St Margarets Tournament starts next week. Is Pine Richland the favorite to win it again? They should have a preseason tournament for Middle School. Nice way to get the season started.

I'm curious! Were is the game being played? I guess the question is how good are the Icemen?

How is the PIHL tied into MidAm? I searched Mid Am website to find a link and was unable. I'm just trying to understand how the 25% rule applys to the PIHL and Middle School Hockey. I guess the PIHL is also tied into USA Hockey somehow? I'm new to all this and just trying to understand it all.